MS. Douce 378
Summary Catalogue no.: 21953
Contents
, Chronicle (DIMEV 1174-5)
A fragment of the Chronicle, beginning with the last three lines of the stanzas on Condage and breaking off in the reign of Richard II
Begins: 'Ffor the peple to serue the goddes there' (see The Chronicle of Iohn Hardynge, ed. Henry Ellis [1812], p. 56)
Ends: 'Wentt he wold to huntyng & to haukyng | All gentyll disportt as to alord appentt' (see Chronicle, ed. Ellis [1812], p. 340)
Language(s): Middle English
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: iii + 67 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12.625 × 10 in.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
This appears to have come to Francis Douce 'from an old family library in the country' (see Chronicle, ed. Ellis, p. xvi)
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Record Sources
Description adapted (September 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the following sources:
Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Bequeathed by Francis Douce, esq. to the Bodleian Library (1840), p. 66
Summary Catalogue (1897)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09-21: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897) and other printed sources